This is the first time when I write an annual review and reveal my goals for the next year. The goal of this review is to answer two questions: What went well in 2014? What did not go well in 2014? I will also reveal my goals for the year 2015. The idea behind this […] Read more
Yesterday I published the list of the most popular blog posts that I wrote in 2014. I also promised to choose my favorite blog posts and publish that list on my blog. This year I decided to select blog posts that helped me to learn something new. Here are my favorite blog posts that I […] Read more
The year 2014 is almost over, and this means that it is time to publish the most popular blog posts that I wrote during this year. I selected these blog posts by using Google Analytics. I selected all blog posts that were published during 2014 and picked the blog posts that had the most page […] Read more
This year I greeted Christmas in a different fashion: I was a part of the Java Advent Calendar. Let's boot up for Christmas: Spring Boot is an opinionated framework that simplifies the development of Spring applications. It frees us from the slavery of complex configuration files and helps us to create standalone Spring applications that […] Read more
Before we can create an application that uses Spring Data JPA, we need to get the required dependencies. This blog post identifies the required components and describes how we can get them by using Maven. Let's get started. Additional Reading: If you are not familiar with Spring Data JPA, you should read the following blog […] Read more
Creating repositories that use the Java Persistence API is a cumbersome process that takes a lot of time and requires a lot of boilerplate code. We can eliminate some boilerplate code by following these steps: Create an abstract base repository class that provides CRUD operations for entities. Create the concrete repository class that extends the […] Read more